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Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food Superfood: English Country Duck review

Name: Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food Superfood: English Country Duck
Brand: Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food

68.8/100Good

DryAdult

The meatiest thing this maker builds, reading in our Good band, with duck declared at 65% and split four ways on the label. The vegetables in the name are the garnish. What the bag does not print is a dosed additive panel, so zinc, copper and selenium cannot be checked.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want the animal share large and fully named
Dogs happier off cereal
Small breed dogs, the size it is written and portioned for
Dogs kept away from chicken: duck is the only animal named
Prebiotics dosed in print, FOS at 192 mg/kg and MOS at 48 mg/kg

Worth watching

An omega 3 supplement with no source, so a strictly fish-free home cannot take the label at face value
Ash at 10.3% of dry matter, usually a sign of bone with the dried meat
The superfood weights are fresh equivalents, not what actually goes in

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

68.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small-breed adults. The label's table is the starting point, and the waistline settles it from there.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

English Country Duck 68.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Plain arithmetic puts it here: a big dried duck share and low carbohydrate, held back by the missing additive panel and an unsourced omega 3.

What's in it

Freshly prepared duck35%Leaves most of its weight behind in the oven.
Dried duck22%Does much of the real work. A strong figure by any standard.
Duck fat, duck stock5%, 3%Completing the 65% duck share.
Sweet potato, beansThe starch.
Beet pulp
Dried superfood blend: parsnip, beetroot, orange, asparagus, pumpkineach equivalent to 4% freshFibre, colour and a modest antioxidant load.
Omega 3 supplementThe one ingredient that names no source.
Minerals, vitaminsNo doses given.
FOS, MOS192 and 48 mg/kg
Olive extract0.01%A natural antioxidant.

No additive panel is published, so trace mineral levels and forms cannot be checked.

No moisture figure on the label, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

65% Duck (35% Freshly Prepared Duck, 22% Dried Duck, 5% Duck Fat & 3% Duck Stock), Sweet Potato, Beans, Beet Pulp, Dried Superfood Blend* (Including Parsnip, Beetroot, Orange, Asparagus, Pumpkin), Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Vitamins, Fructooligosaccharides (192 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (48 mg/kg), Olive Extract (0.01%). *Each equivalent to 4% Fresh Ingredients

Against the range

One duck recipe for small dogs: duck at 65% in four printed shares, sweet potato and beans for starch, and a dried vegetable blend behind. No cereal, white potato or pea protein appears, and no dosed additive panel is published.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

358.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

9.5%

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

10.3%

Carbs

38.6%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

60%

Added water

Carbs

26.4%

Other

8.6%

Pricing & size